A loose headstay will trash the shape of your jib and affect the way the
boat sails for the worse. I'm also uncomfortable that the mast may not be
secure - as it bends under loads, it gets effectivly shorter. worsening the
situation.
One thing that we do differently that might reduce your setup time -
Although I remove the boom from the mast, I leave the boom, mainsheet,
bridle & topping lift fully rigged and secure the boom next to the mast on
the cabin top, rather than disassembling everything and putting it in the
cabin..When raising or lowering the mast, I hook the jib halyard to the
pulpit and use it to tension and hold the rig while I attach the headstay.
I leave the halyard attached there on the pulpit during transport and
storage so it is always ready for the next time.
There have been a number of discussions about whether or not to trailer
with the motor mounted, so I won't touch that except to say that I don't.
I often don't mount the motor until the boat is in the water. This is
because I have a tilt trailer and if I'm keeping the hubs dry at a shallow
ramp I have bumped the motor on the bottom during the "tilty" part of the
launch. I mount the rudder after launch for the same reason.
One of these days I'll itemize my launch (right now I'm itemizing my
deductions in my spare time....) the way Harry and Eric Zilbert have to see
where I could make it more efficient.
Best regards,
Dave Kautz
P-15 #1632 Tilly Lucy
Palo Alto, CA
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Subject: time study
Author: Non-HP-slithytove (slithytove@earthlink.net) at hp-boise,mimegw7
Date: 4/9/99 9:24 AM
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Just about to leave for Ventura marina. Trying to cut down amount of time
taken to put boat in water. Don't have to put rudder assembly on
...already there. Mast has forestay attached with built in slack to enable
foot to go over step, but without worrying that mast can get away from me.
Boom is already attached to mast (modified gooseneck to allow boom to
pivot 90 deg). Traveller and main sheet assembled on boom, traveller has
snap hooks both ends. Motor is mounted. Have snap hook for main, jib, and
topping lift. Halyards and main sheet color coded.
Have used boat three times since purchase. !st. launch approx. 2hrs. ,
2nd. approx. 1hr. 20min. , 3rd. approx. 35 min. with an intelligent
helper. Here's hoping that all my little schemes pay off....I'll be
satisfied with 20 min. to get ready and 10 min. to put in water and park
the trailer.
Will report on results.